I’m the last person to beat Mike Tyson – but then I became a tree surgeon and now I pave pavements

KEVIN McBride has warned Jake Paul that helium volition deliberation the "whole of America has deed him" erstwhile helium gets punched by Mike Tyson.

YouTuber Paul, 27, faces disconnected against against 'Iron Mike' connected Friday nighttime successful a bout unrecorded connected streaming elephantine Netflix.

McBride, 51, was the past idiosyncratic to look Tyson successful a pro combat Back successful 2005.

The ex-Irish boxer defeated the 'baddest antheral connected the planet' by wearing him down until helium sunk to the canvas.

He aboriginal became a histrion surgeon, and present paves pavements successful the US.

Speaking to SunSport from his Boston home, McBride said: "Even though Tyson's 58, he's inactive precise unsafe and looks similar helium inactive has that power.

"Fair dues to Jake Paul for getting successful the ringing with him. I don't deliberation Jake realises it is simply a antithetic level.

"When helium gets deed by Tyson connected the chin, he's going to deliberation the full of America has deed him."

19 years ago, galore expected journeyman McBride to beryllium rapidly dispatched.

The erstwhile Olympian had already mislaid 4 times earlier helium took connected Tyson.

It was a combat that, contempt its dangers, McBride couldn't crook down.

"Getting successful the ringing with Mike Tyson was similar a imagination travel existent for me," helium said.

"When I was a kid increasing up I idolised Tyson. So, to combat him was a surreal moment. It was a Cinderella communicative - similar James J. Braddock - to combat Mike Tyson.

"I boxed successful the Olympics for Ireland successful 1992. I didn't win, but I was successful the biggest Games successful the world.

"I turned nonrecreational aft the Olympics and I said to my father, 'I'd emotion to combat Mike Tyson 1 day.' He said, 'You ne'er know, it mightiness happen.'

"My begetter passed distant earlier it happened, but years aboriginal helium was close and I'm successful the ringing with the astir feared antheral successful the world.

"Dreams hap and that was my fairytale. It's a large assertion to fame to accidental I've beaten the astir feared antheral successful the world.

"I conscionable wanted to consciousness Mike Tyson's power. That was 19 years ago, and I inactive consciousness his powerfulness today.

"He'd deed you connected 1 broadside of the assemblage and you would consciousness thing determination connected the different side."

Their combat would person happened sooner, but for Frank Maloney's involution that McBride mightiness person been "killed" successful the ring.

"I was conscionable a journeyman and I conscionable loved boxing," McBride continued.

"I was offered to combat Tyson a fewer times before. Once with Frank Maloney, but Peter McNeeley fought him instead. I deliberation Frank didn't privation to get maine killed!

"I'd person fought him, though. You person nary fearfulness erstwhile you're a fighter, it's successful your blood."

McBride recalled what it was similar to stock the ringing with "Animal" Tyson who would revert to soiled tactics during the fight.

He said: "Once he's successful the ring, he's an animal. He wants you retired of there, nary substance what.

"I retrieve helium deed maine truthful hard successful the 6th circular I thought determination was Leprecauns playing drums successful my head, and I said to him 'Is that each you've got?' I was hoping that's each helium had got!

"He besides tried to interruption my limb during the fight, and wound my nipple off.

"I retrieve the excruciating symptom of that arsenic I pulled my thorax away. I'm conscionable gladsome helium had a mouthpiece in, different helium would person bitten my nipple off, arsenic good arsenic Evan Holyfield's ear!"

In the post-fight property conference, Tyson revealed helium was retiring - insisting the hunger had gone.

However, McBride disputed that and insisted helium bushed him just and square.

"After I fought him helium said the hunger had gone. But helium was trying to termination maine successful the ring," McBride divulged.

"He was successful determination to bash damage. I physically bushed him, I caught him with immoderate large uppercuts, and I could consciousness the vigor sapping from him.

"I leaned connected him and helium fell. When helium was sitting connected the ground, I was reasoning of picking him up but I thought I'd fto him beryllium down for a portion longer due to the fact that he's unsafe - he'd astir apt wound you connected the mode up!

"I ne'er won a satellite rubric successful my career. But it was my satellite rubric beating Mike Tyson."

Surprisingly, McBride had mixed emotions astir beating his leader Tyson.

He past got an accidental to conscionable different idol.

He said: "I felt a bid bittersweet I'd beaten him, due to the fact that helium was specified a fable and idol for me. But I was besides precise happy.

"I retrieve astatine the property league afterwards idiosyncratic told maine Muhammad Ali, who was there, was leaving and helium wanted to accidental goodbye to me.

"So I jumped up from my seat and went implicit to him and gave him a large hug and kiss, and I said to him 'This is the top nighttime of my life, arsenic acold arsenic boxing is concerned, I bushed a fable and met the top of each time.'

"I curse to God, Ali threw a fewer punches astatine maine and said, 'I'm the greatest, you're the latest!'"

For his efforts, McBride was paid $150,000 dollars for the fight.

Amusingly, helium confessed helium cashed the cheque earlier helium stepped into the ring.

He laughed: "I retrieve the time earlier getting a cashier's cheque paid due to the fact that I didn't spot them!

"I didn't judge they were going to wage me, truthful I went to the slope that time to marque definite the wealth went into my account.

"So I knew I got paid earlier I went successful the ring. But I would've fought Mike Tyson for nothing."

Today, McBride's beingness is precise different. He occasionally goes to the gym and boxes.

But aft moving arsenic a histrion surgeon, he's present enjoying hard labour arsenic a paver.

"I person kids and a beauteous wife," helium said.

"I inactive spell to the gym and bash a small spot boxing.

"But beingness goes on. I'm paving now, which is not casual - it's manual enactment and I've mislaid astir 15 pounds doing it.

"Every greeting I'll get a cupful of java and a mates of donuts... I'm surviving beingness now, everybody has to unrecorded life.

"I had a imagination - to spell to the Olympics, combat professionally, past to combat my idol, Mike Tyson.

"I americium blessed I got to bash conscionable that."